After a century of spiritual energy being depleted, it returned. Ghosts and evil spirits descended, and demons emerged from the mountains.
Humanity discovered that intense love and hatred could give birth to ghosts, and ghosts could create domains where all natural laws could be overturned.
The demonic menace from Rui Mountain packed his things and headed down the mountain. Strong was the only word for him. No need to say more.
Once below, he discovered that everyone in the world was crazy in their own way.
*
A strong, putrid stench of rot and blood filled the air. Two eyeballs, splattered with red and white, lay on the carpet. A skeleton with no flesh or blood hung from the curtains, its bones threaded together by several thick blood vessels. The vessels were connected to countless smaller ones, so many they made your scalp crawl.
From a distance, the skeleton had a peculiar beauty, like a work of art wrapped in roses.
Gu Changyue: Humans are crazy.
*
The angel's facial features looked like a paper flower. Its eyes were sewn onto its nose, and the corners of its mouth were stretched to its ears. With no teeth, it was easy to see its black-purple tongue pinned to the back of its throat.
Flesh-colored wings spread open, but instead of feathers, they were covered in malformed, transparent lumps of flesh crawling with countless white maggots.
Gu Changyue: Ghosts are crazy.
*
Another bolt of lightning flashed, and rain began pouring outside the window. Amid the clatter, the room grew colder and the air turned chilly.
Flashes of light and red swept across the boy's face. His golden eyes gleamed in the dark like a leopard locking onto its prey.
"Game Over. Now it's time to catch the mole."
"Hunting lambs? I prefer hunting gods directly."
Gu Changyue: At least he's not crazy.
#Not a traditional infinite-flow story. The protagonist is the strongest around, loves putting on a show and is a lunatic who tears bosses apart whenever he gets annoyed.
#Side characters have all kinds of sexualities, including but not limited to humans, nonhumans, and abstract concepts.
Theme: People should be self-reliant. Ghosts shouldn't.
